Mindful Museum Guide: Enjoy art mindfully with our free audio guides
Listen to five audio guides you can use with any work of art in any gallery, and download our practical guide to mindful museum and gallery visits.
Did you know that museums are good for us?
Evidence shows that engaging with culture and creativity can boost our health and wellbeing.
That's why we've created five Mindful Museum Audio Guides you can listen to on any museum or gallery visit, to help you slow down and relax as well as connect more deeply with what you see.
Developed by Louise Thompson from Mindful Museums, each guide is inspired by mindfulness practice as well as a different element of art – but you don't need to have any prior experience of mindfulness or art to enjoy them.
Just pop your headphones on, press play, and see what you notice.
Plus, if you want to find out more about mindfulness and why museums are good for our health and wellbeing, you can download our free Mindful Museum Guide, too.
Want to find out more about the wellbeing benefits of art?
A first-of-its-kind study has provided the most compelling scientific evidence to date that viewing art has immediate, measurable benefits for our health and wellbeing.
Undertaken by King’s College London and co-funded by Art Fund and the Psychiatry Research Trust, the study measured the physiological responses of participants while viewing masterpieces by world-renowned artists including Manet, Van Gogh and Gauguin in a gallery.
The research found that art activates the immune, endocrine (hormone), and autonomic nervous systems all at once – something never previously recorded.
You can find out more about the study here – and don't forget to download your free Mindful Museum Guide so you can get the most out of your next museum or gallery visit.